By Matters Indian Reporter Rome, Sept 4, 2024: A Vatican official has applauded an Indian for her work among migrant and bonded laborers in her country. “It is indeed a risky task that requires great courage. I admire your bravery,” Sister Christi Thekkumpuram, assistant director of the Catholic Sisters ProjectContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, March 28, 2023: A collector in the eastern Indian state of Odisha has assured financial support to Christians attending professional courses. Gajapati district collector Lingaraj Panda made this promise when a two-member Christian delegation met him in his office on March 27. Pallab Lima, generalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: A Catholic nun wants the Church and society to urgently reach out to poor migrant laborers as India is reeling under the second wave of coronavirus. Migrant laborers “continue to fall on prey to road accident, sickness, starvation and death,” laments Sister Sujata Jena, whoContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, Sept 5, 2020: The death of eight migrant laborers in a road accident in central India on September 5 highlights the plight of the vulnerable group that has suffered the most in the lockdown, says an activist nun. “I am shocked at the accidental deathContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Manila, August 28, 2019: On August 27, the Kottayam Principal Sessions Court announced a landmark judgement convicting 10 persons to double life sentences for the death of Kevin P Joseph some 15 months ago. The 23-year-old Dalit Christian man was abducted and murdered on May 26, 2018,Continue Reading
